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Please use type no smaller than 12 point, and use spacing between the lines no less than 1.25. You may double-space if you like, but please no single spacing. You may use any side or top margins that are readable/printable. Please number your pages. An electronic copy in the Mid-Term Drop Box on the Course Website (Canvas) is preferred, but you may also turn in a hard copy if you like. Please staple your pages together if you are turning in a hard copy.The answer should be between 4 & 5 pages, which means it must be economical, but it must also be complete very much like a briefing paper presented to an employer. The Exam is due either by noon on Thursday, October 15.  Here is the question:                                                                       
              Question:
  Summarize the origins and the development of the debate between natural law and positive law theory or philosophy, including references to the internal contradictions in the arguments of the representatives of both schools of thought. What is the difference between Natural Law and Positive Law? What are the primary elements and characteristics of each?